“We started out in 1986, – says Silvano Ceron, owner and founder of the company together with Aldo Crivellari – starting from scratch. We had one standard product: a hook for work shoes. From there, we expanded our range, adding products aimed at the footwear sector, which for years was our main market outlet. About ten years ago, we started production on smallwares in steel and brass for apparel, a niche line that originally began outside of the company. In this way, we further diversified our product range into the world of fashion as well.”

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“Our philosophy has always been to provide more products to cover different markets. Of course, this doesn’t mean neglecting our traditional product lines, such as mass-produced and semi-automatic sheared wares. Indeed, these products (ring hooks – self-perforating, with rivets and with backs – eyelet bases and multiples, spines and support inserts for heels, gasket washers, capped rivets, set eyelets, backs, buckles, and quick-releases) allow us to achieve excellent sales figures every year, especially in countries outside the EU, where 70-75% of our sales takes place“.

Other innovations that Tecno Minuterie has placed on the market include a line of rivets that create a button-look, which even simulate a thread that ties it to the leather. This aesthetic effect is difficult to reproduce using a sheared product. This rivet looks like a fusion of zamak (a high-quality product), but it can be sold on the market at a very affordable price and with reasonable application costs. In fact, it can be safely applied with automatic machines or with a regular press.

“In the hook sector, we have introduced a truly innovative prototype. By using the production technology of our solid rivets, we’ve been able to make an entirely new hook that has the fastening system of a rivet but the appearance of a button; the fact that it is raised a few millimeters means you can insert a lace that runs as if it were on a sheave or pulley wheel. The resulting product combines three types of different products (a solid rivet with its various shapes, a snap button and an eyelet base), thus obtaining a new, innovative product that can be used for lacing shoes or briefcases without having to use a lathe”.